In the Henson.com Podcast for April 7, 2008, Julie Zobel describes how Jim Henson called her to his office, expressing that "I don't like the way she looks". Jim envisioned the sweet character to be scary, and drew Zobel a sketch, "the complete anti-thesis" of Frith's design. He wanted the audience to subconsciously pick up on the "don't judge a book by its cover" message. [1]